'Coming to Our Senses' is an interactive course-and-community in Connecting with Nature for Wellbeing. This 6-week module focuses on reviving our relationship with the natural world.
It guides us through engaging weekly activities to practise locally, which help us to slow down and get into our relaxed Forest Bathing state of mind. In that calm and curious state, we experience our local nature in fresh ways.
Our direct personal relationship with nature has largely been forgotten in modern society. Yet this beautiful connection lies dormant within each of us, just waiting to be rekindled. Past students have said they discovered a stronger sense of love, respect, and belonging with the natural world.
By the end of this course, you will:
... be learning to slip into your Forest Bathing state at will, calm and relaxed.
... be learning to maintain that restful mental state for longer.
... be enjoying improved wellbeing.
... have a deeper sense of belonging in nature.
... have found your own unique style of Forest Bathing that suits you and your lifestyle.
... have developed some habits of Forest Bathing, with the support of Jan and the group.
"I found undertaking the course to be a positive and joyful experience,
I cannot praise it highly enough."
You will learn through:
- Weekly activities, guiding you to
engage with your local nature
- Science showing how
this is benefiting your health
- Inspiring poetry, quotes and language
- Support and motivation
from Jan and your fellow students
in our private community and Zoom call
Testimonials
- "I found all your invitations warm and generous Jan, and your presence on the course very kind, optimistic and encouraging. I would encourage anyone who has an interest in deepening their relationship with nature (and in particular trees) to make contact with you."
- "This is one of the most fabulous courses I have ever done. If you love nature then this is for you. It really opens your eyes in a most profound way, to what is around us, using all of our senses. Highly recommend"
- “This course has changed the way I sense and respond to the world around me - I now have a vastly greater appreciation of this planet, something very special to be nurtured and shared. Life will never be the same again!”
- "This course delivered everything I hoped it would and more. I now feel more positive about life in general and excited at the journey ahead of me - it has only just started!
- "Forest Bathing has given me a wonderful new dimension to my life."
- "It feels like I have been let into a secret – who knew that connecting with nature in this way could be so powerful, exciting, stimulating, instructive and enlightening".
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"The course has been wonderful, life-enriching, and certainly copper-fastened both my husband's and my love of and awe of nature. Your style and ease is just addictive for us to get out and notice more than we ever did before."
Meet Jan, your course guide!
I was guiding Forest Bathing walks in the woods when Covid struck. I felt so frustrated because I knew that people needed the health and wellbeing benefits of nature connection more than ever, but we were unable to meet.
So I combined my experience in healthcare, with my love and care for people, nature, and our beautiful planet, by creating an online course. I did not know if it could work, but I had to try.
I was amazed to find there were some real advantages to learning together online, and it is now my preferred way to offer this magical practice. My vision is that all people have the opportunity to develop a direct personal relationship with their local nature.
I live in the UK, and when I'm not working as a therapist, tutor, or course creator, I'm often to be found in my vegetable garden, walking, cooking world food, or making willow baskets.
Jan
Physiotherapist, Bowen therapist and tutor, International Forest Therapy Guide.
"Jan's passion for forest bathing and sharing this with participants is so obvious, yet is delivered in such a way that you always feel you have something to contribute."
Module Curriculum
